Blog

The countdown to baseball season has begun!! It’s no secret it’s my favorite time of year. I began this journey almost two decades ago as a wife learning to pray her way through her husband’s professional baseball career. I shared a few years ago how I learned to pray for Brian while he was still…

Happy 2018!!! I wanted to share with you the books I read last year that made the biggest impact. If you are anything like me you begin to abuse your Amazon account at the start of the year to create the new stack of books on your desk you are determined to get through. The…

At the young age of 20, I married Brian, the love of my life, who happened to be a professional baseball player. That may sound much lie a real life fairytale, but what many do not know is the road to the big leagues is nothing close to glamorous. The endless traveling and pressure to keep your job is hard to say the least, not to mention the small salary you earn during your minor league journey makes many have to walk away from their dream.

My biggest blessings through this journey has been every single message or email I get for one of you!! Those stories push me through the hard days of learning curves and self doubt. When I hear that someone had the guts to share what God is doing in their lives because they were simply asked…

Whatever you do…. It was an easy decision for us to choose Colossians 3:23 for YPIP. It was the scripture my husband would write on a card and place it on the inside of his hat when he was playing pro-baseball. Before he would pitch in any game it would remind him WHO got…

I know it has been way too long since I have blogged. Trust me I have tried!!! If you have followed me from the start you already know that I have shared our journey from the beginning of my husband’s baseball career in the blogs. But I am now to present day in our journey…

Well I finally have Brian back home!!! And that means two things: I might actually have time to blog again and NFL football is on every TV in our house!! And I normally share my story through our crazy journey of baseball, but today I’m just sharing a thought that was too long for a…

by guest blogger Kayla West My husband, Sean, was called up to the big leagues for the very first time in May 2009. We weren’t yet married but living together. Sean came from a religious upbringing, me, not so much. I always believed in God and Jesus, but that was the extent…

I am almost caught up with our journey to present day!! Today (in my opinion) I’m posting about the part of our journey where most of the biggest spiritual growth took place. It all started in Spring Training of 2009. My spiritual journey had hit a crossroads (yes another one and I am certain more…

I always use to say that I was completely at peace when it came to Brian’s career. I trusted the Lord would put him where He needed him. It was the only area of my life I had patience with because I knew how hard Brian worked towards his dream and I just trusted one…

This post will be featured next month on a really neat website that is designed to help wives with spouses in sports. So unlike my other post it is geared towards our baseball life, but I wanted to share it because the topic applies to anyone! And it’s a nice change because I had…

Have you ever made a promise to yourself to start something new to better yourself or make a positive change in your life? You know what needs to be done and you are tired of making excuses why you can’t do it. But instead of jumping head first into this new adventure you search for the perfect way or time to start.

So I already shared with you that I feel in love with Jesus and that it was just the start. A very slow start. In fact as soon as we returned home from that season I experienced my first spiritual low. Just like life can be a roll-a-coaster, so can your spiritual walk. There can…

It’s been a little over a month now since all this has began and I am overwhelmed with joy that so many of you can relate! I feel so blessed that some of you are sharing your own stories with me. I wanted to share one story with everyone today because it made me…

I have spent a lot of time in prayer asking the Lord what all He wanted me to share on the blog. And all I keep feeling is that I need to start with sharing my whole story. But before I jump right in I felt like I needed to share some warnings about myself…

How it all came to be…..I wish I could express every emotion we felt through the highs and lows that we went through the past fourteen years of my husband professional baseball career. All I know is that four simple words, You play I pray!, sum it up best. Brian playing to the best of his ability and my continuous prayer for us are the only two things we have had control over.